> OK. I killed all daemons with open ports (using /etc/init.d/* so they
> come up nicely), and there's still some network traffic, not much, but a
> little. It is inbound in bursts, around 700-750 bytes every ~10 seconds
> (on gkrellm's strip chart they're always the same size and very regular;
> the uncertainty is mine). No idea what they're from -- a SMB client
> looking for its server? Hang on, I'll go shut down the XP box... nope,
> still here, same size. Put the laptop to sleep? Nope, not it. Maybe
> the router?
" ethereal " should tell you what kind of packets they are
I will guess they are arp packets.
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